This set of Computer Fundamentals Question Bank focuses on “Memory Management”.
1. A task carried out by the OS and hardware to accommodate multiple processes in main memory.
a) Memory control
b) Memory management
c) Memory sharing
d) Memory usage
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Explanation: Memory management is carried out by the OS and hardware to accommodate multiple processes in main memory.
2. An HTML file is a text file containing small markup tags.
a) True
b) False
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Explanation: The statement is true. HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. It is a text file containing small markup tags.
3. Secondary memory is the long term store for programs and data while main memory holds program and data currently in use. What kind of an organization is this?
a) Physical
b) Logical
c) Structural
d) Simple
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Explanation: The secondary memory is the long term store for programs and data while main memory holds program and data currently in use. This is a physical organization.
4. Memory organization in which users write programs in modules with different characteristics.
a) Physical
b) Logical
c) Structural
d) Simple
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Explanation: The answer is Logical. To handle user programs properly, the operating system and the hardware should support a basic form of module to provide protection and sharing.
5. An executing process must be loaded entirely in main memory. What kind of a memory organization is this?
a) Physical
b) Logical
c) Structural
d) Simple
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Explanation: This is simple memory organisation. An executing process must be loaded entirely in main memory (if overlays are not used).
6. FTP stands for?
a) File Text Protocol
b) File Transfer Protocol
c) Firm Transfer Protocol
d) File Transplant Protocol
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Explanation: FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol. It is a type of internet service use for the transmission of files.
7. A set of overlapping divisions in the main memory are called _______
a) Partitions
b) Divisions
c) Blocks
d) Modules
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Explanation: Partition main memory into a set of non overlapping regions called partitions. Partitions can be of equal or unequal sizes.
8. Any program, no matter how small, occupies an entire partition. This is called ____________
a) fragmentation
b) prior fragmentation
c) internal fragmentation
d) external fragmentation
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Explanation: It is called as internal fragmentation. Main memory use is inefficient. Any program, no matter how small, occupies an entire partition. This is called internal fragmentation.
9. __________ is used to shift processes so they are contiguous and all free memory is in one block.
a) Fragmentation
b) Compaction
c) External Fragmentation
d) Division
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Explanation: Use compaction to shift processes so they are contiguous and all free memory is in one block.
10. _______ searches for smallest block. The fragment left behind is small as possible.
a) best fit
b) first fit
c) next fit
d) last fit
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Explanation: Best fit searches for the smallest block. The fragment left behind is as small as possible.
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